Councillor and JRA investigate traffic issues in Maryvale and surrounds
JRA, along with Ward 74 councillor Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku, conducted an investigation recently into the traffic conditions in Maryvale, Highlands North, and Bramley, and discussed possible solutions.
To make Ward 74 roads safer, not only for motorists, but for pedestrians as well, councillor Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku and Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) official Jay-Jay le Roux visited Maryvale, Highlands North, and Bramely on June 10 to identify the traffic calming measures required.
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Kayser-Echeozonjoku noted that traffic congestion, accidents, and missing traffic signals were a persisting problem in the ward. “We started in Maryvale, where there is a certain road notorious for accidents. JRA said they would give us a traffic count to determine what traffic calming measures are required. We also visited 11th Avenue and Mayor Street, where there were traffic signs requested, but they haven’t been put up. The JRA official will check how far the process is.”
JRA’s acting head of Department for Mobility and Freight Sipho Nhlapo said the entity will conduct a traffic count at Hathorn and St Marys streets in Maryvale, to determine whether a traffic signal or multi-way stop would be the traffic calming measure suitable, or applicable, for the intersection. “Once this process is concluded, JRA will provide a detailed update on its action plan. It must be noted that issues of speeding vehicles are for JMPD’s law enforcement and would need to be investigated by the department.”
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Nhlapo added that following multiple accidents reported along 11th Avenue and Meyer Street in Highlands North, JRA’s traffic engineers assessed the site and found that the vegetation, and a high perimeter fence within the intersection’s vicinity, have an impact on driver visibility, creating a sight distance challenge.
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Plans to construct a mini-traffic circle are still underway and will be confirmed in due course.
JRA also conducted a site visit along Silwood Road, Kew, and Bramley where there is a school. Nhlapo noted that the community requested traffic calming, due to the congestion during pick-up and drop-off times. “JRA’s initial assessments indicate that traffic calming cannot be implemented due to the geometric layout of the road. Therefore further investigations into the planning approvals of the school are underway, and JRA will communicate a way forward once the investigations are concluded.”
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